Georgia's Very Own Megathread! (v2)

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Kemp, in his office as SoS, has launched an investigation of the Georgia Democratic Party for allegedly attempting to hack the state's voter system.  He has so far presented no evidence to back up this claim.

The AJC's Jim Galloway (generally a pretty objective political reporter) has a scathing article about this:  https://politics.myajc.com/blog/politics/brian-kemp-november-surprise-show-the-facts-and-make-quick/3jgTq3R4pAQq3x6paQ8PUP/

Welcome to the third world, courtesy of Trump and the GOP. There's a good chance that Kemp steals this election even if he loses it.

Yes, this looks like a brazen attempt to steal the election.  If I hadn't already switched to the Democrats, this would be enough to make me do it.

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https://twitter.com/ElectProject/status/1059101451878830080

Click on the story link for more details on the vulnerabilities.  This is just appalling.

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Interesting:

https://twitter.com/bluestein/status/1059205044199923712

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This gets more and more outrageous:

https://twitter.com/rickhasen/status/1059187255439372288

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Kemp is such a blatant con artist and liar. Jesus I’ve never wanted a candidate to beat another one as bad I want Stacey to beat him on Tuesday.

I'm with you.  During the Republican primary I thought Kemp would be the best (or least worst) of them for Georgia.  But his conduct during this campaign has been disqualifying.  He should never hold public office again.

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https://twitter.com/ElectProject/status/1059234255274950656

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Attn Hammy:

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1059455304381972481

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In The Hill's collection of predictions from various political figures, Matt Schlapp (chairman of the American Conservative Union) picked Republicans across the board, as you might expect.  With one exception: he picked Stacey Abrams.

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https://twitter.com/bluestein/status/1059874113492258817

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https://twitter.com/bluestein/status/1059899849376718850

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https://twitter.com/kira_lerner/status/1059908403596873734

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HAHAHAHAHA:

https://twitter.com/wsbtv/status/1059946786515759107

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From AJC live blog:

Three Gwinnett County voting precincts will be open late Tuesday after technical issues throughout the day.

The Annistown Elementary School precinct will remain open until 9:25 p.m.

Anderson-Livsey Elementary will remain open until 7:30 p.m. Harbins Elementary will remain open until 7:14 p.m.

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Very early so far, but the Libertarian is getting an insignificant number of votes.  I doubt there's going to be a runoff.

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https://twitter.com/bluestein/status/1060032083828051969

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https://twitter.com/bluestein/status/1060033170115047424

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I think she definitely has a future. She showed the path to a future win even if the numbers aren't quite there yet. Maybe they will be in four years.

Her margins in the core nine counties in the Metro were immaculate. (Fulton, DeKalb, Douglas, Cobb, Gwinnett, Henry, Newton, and Rockdale) and she did really well comparable to other Dems in Cherokee, Hall, and Forsyth. Looks like Dems can't do anything to make headway in some rural North and South Georgia counties. We will just have to work to register more voters and hope the Metro keeps receiving an influx of Dem voters.

Honestly, I think it's just a matter of time. I mean, just look at Cobb and Gwinnett--Abrams outperformed Clinton by 8-10 points in each of those--and Clinton had already set a record in each herself!

Another indication of how things are changing (they just haven't changed all the way yet):

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https://twitter.com/DawgsOnTop44/status/1060649816466841605

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Abrams is hurting her political future and also potentially hurting Georgia’s status as a swing state for 2020.

I voted for her; it’s time to concede.

I see nothing wrong with waiting until all the outstanding votes have been counted.  If the final count shows Kemp comfortably above the runoff threshold, then she should concede at that time.

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GA isn't a swing state

Jim Galloway, the AJC's highly respected political columnist, thinks otherwise: Atlanta’s northern ‘burbs have put Georgia in play for 2020.

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https://twitter.com/bluestein/status/1061019952042385408

If you want to keep up with the latest in Georgia, follow Greg Bluestein.

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https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/1061615464860790784

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It's lovely that the incumbent Secretary of State is so vehemently against the idea of counting all the votes.

He's not the incumbent anymore; he resigned on Thursday.  (But yeah, I agree with your point.)

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The breakdown of provisionals is as such:

Abrams - 3,221 (71.73%)
Kemp - 1,965 (27.46%)
Metz - 59 (0.81%)

Another 2,420 provisional ballots have been counted since Saturday evening, bringing the total provisional counts to:

Abrams - 4,886 (70.71%)
Kemp - 1,233 (28.44%)
Metz - 36 (0.85%)


As of 5:00 PM today, here are the stats (252 additional votes have come in since):

Total votes cast: 3,932,382
Votes for Abrams: 1,918,667 (50.26%)
Votes for Kemp: 1,976,546 (48.79%)
Votes for Metz: 37,169 (0.95%)
Abrams votes to trigger a runoff: 20,711
Abrams votes to trigger a recount: 18,372

Metz went from 59 to 36?

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Just like in the case of FL, polling underestimated Kemp due to wave

The final RCP polling average had Kemp+3.0.  He has apparently won by 1.5.  I recommend that you look up the meaning of the word "underestimated", and in general check your facts and terms before posting.  It might prevent you from posting such idiotically incorrect statements.